Skip to main content
AsylumIllegal Immigration

Biden’s Border Policy Tries to Relieve Migrant Arrival Emergency State

By October 30, 2022November 17th, 2022No Comments

The Department of Homeland Security devised a strategy several months ago to handle the influx of thousands of migrants at the border, including transporting some of them to processing centers in other U.S. cities. These solutions were supposed to relieve the overwhelming situation, but the plan has not been successful due to consistent disagreements with the White House.

However, more recently, there has been a shift and President Joe Biden’s border policy has relieved migrant arrivals in emergency states. According to Mayor Eric Adams, a change in the Biden administration’s border policy appears to have halted the flow of people seeking refuge from Latin America into New York City, which comes as a sanction city that has opened emergency shelters to these immigrants. Many of the migrants brought to New York by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser have been arriving by the hundreds, straining the city’s shelter system and creating what Adams has termed a possibly $1 billion “humanitarian disaster.”

The mayor tried to work with the federal authorities to reduce the influx when he issued a state of emergency earlier this month. Additionally, the Biden Administration said last week that checkpoints would be strengthened and that a simplified asylum procedure would be established for Venezuelans, who make up a sizable part of the entering migrants. Asylees from Venezuela who enter the United States illegally will now be sent back to Mexico under the new policy.

Jeelani Law Firm, PLC

JEELANI LAW FIRM, PLC is regarded as one of the top immigration law firms in the industry. We handle all immigration matters including family based adjustment of status/green card cases, citizenship filings, representation of businesses and employees when filing L1A/B Petitions, H1B petitions, and Permanent Labor petitions. Our firm also litigates immigration cases dealing with delayed adjudications as well as appellate matters before the U.S. Federal Courts, U.S. Immigration Courts, USCIS and the BIA. Given the complex nature of immigration law, inexperience can lead to many mistakes which may result in delays, denials, and loss of filing fees and valuable time. Contact our office and we will take care of the rest.